Advances in Metal Removal and Recovery from Water
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2025 | Viewed by 2
Special Issue Editor
Interests: wastewater treatment; metal removal; metal recovery; heavy metals pollutants; advanced oxidation technology; adsorption; coprecipitate; environment transport; transformation and fate of emerging contaminants of agricultural origin
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The metal pollution caused by natural resources and intensified human activities has led to severe problems for human and environmental health. In addition to the removal of easily mobile and toxic metal cations, the reuse of metal resources from water/wastewater has become increasingly important, particularly in the attempt to achieve economic and environmental sustainability. Therefore, it is imperative to perform scientific research to identify appropriate solutions to resolve the problem of finding methods that provide the efficient removal and recovery of metals from water/wastewater.
This Special Issue focuses on the use of wastewater treatment methods that effectively remove metal pollutants from wastewater as well as resource recovery. Original research papers of high scientific quality as well as review articles are welcome. Manuscripts can cover, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Efficient treatment of toxic metals from water.
- The developments of economic and environmental separation technologies for the recovery of metal resources in water.
- New methods for the removal and recovery of metals from water/wastewater.
- Potential trends and challenges in the mechanism of metal removal and in recovery strategies.
Dr. Xiande Xie
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- wastewater treatment
- water treatment
- metal pollution removal
- metal recovery
- absorption
- heavy metal
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